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In comedy, timing is everything. Which explains, at least in part, the overreaction to Greg Gutfeld's unfunny comments about the Canadian military last week on his late-late-late-night Fox show Red Eye.There was something more than a little pathetic about Peter MacKay demanding an apology from a talk show host. Then again, who can blame him? He was on his way back from a funeral for four boys who died in a war which - let's face it - we're fighting for the sake of our friendship with America. Gutfeld's jokes, while unique in their boneheaded clumsiness, weren't that atypical however: Canada has recently become common comic fodder on U.S. television. Gutfeld was being derivative as well as offensive.

It began with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, which has recently run a couple of Canadian items, some of them long. That never used to happen. 30 Rock had that great line about Toronto: "It's New York without the stuff." And on the show How I Met Your Mother, one of the central characters, Robin Scherbatsky, is a Canadian expat trying to make it in New York; Canada is a running joke of the show. Unfortunately, none of the Canadian comedy is that funny or accurate. The jokes mostly involve maple syrup, the cold and/or the pronunciation of the word "about," which 97% of us don't actually mispronounce. The Great White North casts a long, ludicrous shadow - Canada in the American comic imagination corresponds roughly (very roughly) with the region of the country that stretches from Northern Ontario to Alberta and does not include cities, or the Maritimes, or the West Coast. The only other gag Americans seem to get is how polite Canadians are. ("How do you get 10 Canadians out of a swimming pool?" "Say, ‘Hey guys, can you get out of the pool?' ") Even this joke, complimentary to us, isn't mildly true. Canadians are one of the rudest peoples on Earth. Outsiders simply don't understand that "sorry" means "go screw yourself."

What explains this resurgence of Canada jokes on U.S. television? There are two possibilities. We are the last group that can be made fun of without risk. Political correctness has made almost every other ethnicity off-limits. Americans can't even make fun of the French anymore. The "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," as The Simpsons once called them, have turned out to be right in nearly every disagreement with their American cousins. It's quite easy to make fun of Canadians because Americans can't really distinguish us from themselves. So it's innocent. They're more or less making fun of people who are like them.

The other possible explanation is a rising insecurity. I don't mean about our health care system, or our banks, or the other envious aspects of our comfy little society we might feel smug about. Americans feel insecure about their comedy when compared with Canada's. If you took the Canadians out of American comedy, it would be like taking African-Americans out of the NBA: still the same game but you wouldn't recognize it and you wouldn't want to watch it. I mean, just to take the most obvious cases, remove Lorne Michaels, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Seth Rogen from American screens and I'm not sure what you have left to laugh at over the past 30 years. I guess you have Seinfeld. And Chris Rock.

Competition from Canadian comics, who would all have to be way funnier than Greg Gutfeld (who isn't?), might explain some of his hostility. Our exhausted army, he said, makes now "the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country." That is pure fantasy. The Americans can't handle Vietnam or Iraq but he thinks they can handle us? America is just not that good at invading places, and Gutfeld can't deal with it. Not that we should waste time insulting Greg Gutfeld. The man runs a show on Fox at 3 a.m. - is there any worse insult you can make about a person? The show is named Red Eye not just because of its time slot in the middle of the night but as an anatomically evocative description of its host.

Doug Benson, one of the panellists involved in the show's anti-Canada segment, has experienced repercussions from his nasty comments. He had an appearance at the Comic Strip in West Edmonton Mall cancelled; I can't tell if that's a punishment or a reward. Benson, however, made one of the show's more trenchant remarks about Canada: "I thought that's where you go if you don't want to fight." There, he was actually getting somewhere, and it was almost funny. In the end though, the comment was more revealing of his own sad little excuse for a personality: He thought describing us as peace-loving was an insult.

Now I have no one left to make fun of...:(

What say you NSG? Should we stop insulting the Canadians?

I think the biggest complaint is that you can't possibly make fun of Canadians the way we ourselves can. Your jokes lack knowledge, and wit, and are more along the lines of some moronic bigger child on the playground calling someone a a smarty pants.

"There, he was actually getting somewhere, and it was almost funny. In the end though, the comment was more revealing of his own sad little excuse for a personality: He thought describing us as peace-loving was an insult. "

Exactly.

I think the biggest complaint is that you can't possibly make fun of Canadians the way we ourselves can. Your jokes lack knowledge, and wit, and are more along the lines of some moronic bigger child on the playground calling someone a booger eater.

I resemble that. :p

Yeah and America is open fodder for anyone in the world. Suck it up.

I mean, just to take the most obvious cases, remove Lorne Michaels, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Seth Rogen from American screens and I'm not sure what you have left to laugh at over the past 30 years. I guess you have Seinfeld. And Chris Rock.

George Carlin, Bill Hicks, and even if you hate him, Dennis Leary are three such examples. Also, ignore the right wing comedians. They really don't count, since they're not funny to begin with.

Yeah and America is open fodder for anyone in the world, too. Suck it up. Yes, and the people making jokes about the US actually know enough about your country to make said jokes intelligent. Part of the irony of USians like those in the OP making jokes about other countries is that in doing so, they quite often play right into the stereotype of being insular, self-absorbed idiots who don't really know anything about the rest of the world.

Which is why it's delicious and refreshing when we can find a US comedian who actually IS witty, and self-aware (oh how we love Stewart and Colbert...). Part of the great joy of poking fun at others is when you can do it just as skillfully to yourself.

Meh, Ill make fun of who I damn well please...

Them "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," still do nothing but eat cheese and surrender, lol...

And i would be severely disappointed in France if she didnt have a few good ones about us as well...

We all know where this is going...

http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/863/863565/southpark-1204Canada-on-Strike_1207080373.jpg

The writer is wrong. Jokes about Canada did not begin with Stewarts recent jokes...these have been going on for quite a while now...look at South Park.

I think that the American public needs to step back and take a look at who the rest of the world is making fun of.. jokes about curling, maple syrup and snow are a pretty weak way to get a laugh.

Talking to Americans. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTZ_tgMUdo&feature=related)

Canada need to go on Ebay and buy thicker skin.

I make fun of Canadians, but it's very much an affectionate, older brother kind of teasing. You know, the kind that's really funny to the older brother and makes the younger brother hate his life. :P Really, though, I love Canada. At least half of it is jealousy!

The writer is wrong. Jokes about Canada did not begin with Stewarts recent jokes...these have been going on for quite a while now...look at South Park.

And they were hardly the first ones.

Londim totally beat you, btw.

Damn it! I hate it when my flappy head aligns improperly!

I think the biggest complaint is that you can't possibly make fun of Canadians the way we ourselves can. Your jokes lack knowledge, and wit, and are more along the lines of some moronic bigger child on the playground calling someone a a smarty pants.

"There, he was actually getting somewhere, and it was almost funny. In the end though, the comment was more revealing of his own sad little excuse for a personality: He thought describing us as peace-loving was an insult. "

Exactly.

True, How To Be a Canadian Even If You Already Are One makes me cry laughing. Probably it's written for dumb Americans, though.

I think that the American public needs to step back and take a look at who the rest of the world is making fun of.. jokes about curling, maple syrup and snow are a pretty weak way to get a laugh.

Talking to Americans. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTZ_tgMUdo&feature=related)

Five bucks says the whole thing was staged. But then again, I do think people are idiots. So who know.

They just hate our freedom!

And they were hardly the first ones.

Londim totally beat you, btw.

Damn it! I hate it when my flappy head aligns improperly!

Damn right I did. No one beats my referencing skill!

I make fun of Canadians, but it's very much an affectionate, older brother kind of teasing. You know, the kind that's really funny to the older brother and makes the younger brother hate his life. :P Really, though, I love Canada. At least half of it is jealousy!

Jeez, it's not that we can't take a joke, or that there's nothing to make fun of...far freaking from it! I think Canadians sort of specialise in, and revel in, self-deprecating humour. Rick Mercer is a fucking master of this. It's also quite biting. Did I mention I want to have all of Rick Mercer's gay babies?

But when the jokes being made are tired, old stock jokes without any depth to them...I mean come on now, all jokes wear very thin after a while. Humour is an excellent way to make sweet, sweet love to political commentary, and bring out the absurdities of every day life. A USian doesn't have to freaking live here for 40 years to get a sense of the things that merit such a union...but they do have to know SOMETHING beyond 'uhhh maple syrup, uhhh igloos, uhhhh mounties har har'.

Canada need to go on Ebay and buy thicker skin.It's the yanks getting all sensitive because we think their jokes suck. Cry about it some more, Rambo...cry yourself to sleep on your GI Joe pillow case.

Five bucks says the whole thing was staged. But then again, I do think people are idiots. So who know.

Well, staged in the sense that people of average intelligence were excluded, of course. You could do the same thing in any country...Rick Mercer went around Canada during election time (which one, ha ha) and asked people if they knew who certain candidates were etc...it was definitely *facepalm* material.

It's the yanks getting all sensitive because we think their jokes suck. Cry about it some more, Rambo...cry yourself to sleep on your GI Joe pillow case.

YOU LEAVE MAH PILLA KASE OUTTA THIS!!!! :mad:


*grumble*Candians*grumble*maple syrup loving GI Joe haters*grumbles*

And they were hardly the first ones.

Londim totally beat you, btw.

Damn it! I hate it when my flappy head aligns improperly!

I'm going to knock the top of your flappy head off, if you aren't careful.

I'm going to knock the top of your flappy head off, if you aren't careful.
Stare into my beady eyes...

Unfortunately, none of the Canadian comedy is that funny or accurate. The jokes mostly involve maple syrup, the cold and/or the pronunciation of the word "about," which 97% of us don't actually mispronounce. The Great White North casts a long, ludicrous shadow - Canada in the American comic imagination corresponds roughly (very roughly) with the region of the country that stretches from Northern Ontario to Alberta and does not include cities, or the Maritimes, or the West Coast. The only other gag Americans seem to get is how polite Canadians are. ("How do you get 10 Canadians out of a swimming pool?" "Say, ‘Hey guys, can you get out of the pool?' ") Even this joke, complimentary to us, isn't mildly true. Canadians are one of the rudest peoples on Earth. Outsiders simply don't understand that "sorry" means "go screw yourself."

I hear that the thing about stereotypes is that they're not actually true for an entire population.

I hear that the thing about stereotypes is that they're not actually true for an entire population.

Thats just because theyre doing it wrong :p

Stare into my beady eyes...

...it's so hypnotizing....


I'm also a bit confused as to the writers use of "mispronounce"...saying "aboot" instead of "about" would be part of an accent, and not a mispronunciation.

Canadians aren't one of the rudest peoples on the Earth. Damn, you should see us...when we walk through automatic doors we fucking say thank-you.

Na, the polite meme is hilarious, because it's true. Not in the sense that we're really gentle, kind people...it's the very rigid 'public' politeness, the automatic politeness that doesn't actually translate into real politeness. It's wonderful to watch.

Anyway, I have a few friends who were commenting on the whole situation in the OP, mostly in regards to disparaging comments made about our military. The reason they were offended was because our troops are facing equally as terrible conditions in Afghanistan as yours are in Iraq. They don't have massive support, but there isn't necessarily the polarisation either between the pro and anti forces as you might see in the US. Still, the people who should best understand the kind of position the Canadian military are USians.

...it's so hypnotizing....


I'm also a bit confused as to the writers use of "mispronounce"...saying "aboot" instead of "about" would be part of an accent, and not a mispronunciation.

I love accents...supposedly the whole 'aboot' thing is a particularly central/Eastern Canadian thing...I've never heard it myself. But it could be that it's such a slight variation that my ear just isn't attuned to it. Sumamba Buwhan has this very slight accent, for example, whereas his wife biyay sounds just like us. Anyway, it might be harder to mock a newfie accent, or a reservation indian (feather not dot) accent than just stick with the whole 'aboot' thing, so whatever.

I love accents...supposedly the whole 'aboot' thing is a particularly central/Eastern Canadian thing...I've never heard it myself. But it could be that it's such a slight variation that my ear just isn't attuned to it. Sumamba Buwhan has this very slight accent, for example, whereas his wife biyay sounds just like us. Anyway, it might be harder to mock a newfie accent, or a reservation indian (feather not dot) accent than just stick with the whole 'aboot' thing, so whatever.

I noticed that Stephistan slipped and said it in her radio show once or twice...she wasn't nearly as entertained as I was when I pointed it out :)

I noticed that Stephistan slipped and said it in her radio show once or twice...she wasn't nearly as entertained as I was when I pointed it out :)

Well Steph was from Ontario, sort of the 'heartland' of the 'aboot' accent. You catch me when I'm drinking, I sound rez. English spoken through clenched teeth is the best way to describe it :D

Well Steph was from Ontario, sort of the 'heartland' of the 'aboot' accent. You catch me when I'm drinking, I sound rez. English spoken through clenched teeth is the best way to describe it :D

the way that only a repressed people can?

my drunken accent reverts back to my Central Connecticut Consonant Drop, though, I have that in my every day speech anyway. I do say wicked alot more frequently though...and things like "bang a youie"

It's the yanks getting all sensitive because we think their jokes suck. Cry about it some more, Rambo...cry yourself to sleep on your GI Joe pillow case.

Funny, I don't see any threads complaining about that. :p

Canadians should stop whining and take it on the chin, Americans should stop using Canada as a punchbag for their mainly unfunny jokes. And both should be re-incorporated into the Empire.

Funny, I don't see any threads complaining about that. :p

I could make one...Itd probably be shot down pretty quick though, lol...

Something like "Rambo, is crying on his GI Joe pillow case, and its Canada's fault!" lol

Funny, I don't see any threads complaining about that. :p

You lack insight. That is precisely what this thread is actually about.

Canadians should stop whining and take it on the chin, Americans should stop using Canada as a punchbag for their mainly unfunny jokes. And both should be re-incorporated into the Empire.

We made like Three Threads trying to do so...

Yall kept throwing us out, lol...

You lack insight. That is precisely what this thread is actually about.

Actually, it's a generalized complaint about how there's no one left in the world to make fun of.

Actually, it's a generalized complaint about how there's no one left in the world to make fun of.

Which is an entirely unfounded claim, what with your mom still lurking about...

Which is an entirely unfounded claim, what with your mom still lurking about...

But...

Shit. Walked into that.

Which is an entirely unfounded claim, what with your mom still lurking about...

But, didnt Vader's mom lose the will to live, ;)

You lack insight. That is precisely what this thread is actually about.

Or my comment was merely a joke, and you are proving that the comment about Canadians being to thin-skinned has some basis in truth.

the way that only a repressed people can? hahahahaaha, no...okay you know how Hindi speakers sound when they're speaking English? And how that accent makes sense when you hear their language? It's like aboriginal languages. Even those of us who grew up speaking mostly English, we get the 'accent', but when we speak our language, it's just about the way things really sound. So when I was working on my Cree, a friend told me...best way to sound 'right' is to talk with your teeth clenched...and it worked :P

my drunken accent reverts back to my Central Connecticut Consonant Drop, though, I have that in my every day speech anyway. I do say wicked alot more frequently though...and things like "bang a youie"
Yeah, your Bostonian accent, whilst not crazy strong, is drreeeaaaammmmy.

Wait, wait, wait. American's aren't allowed to make fun of us anymore? And we can't make fun of Americans?

This is a dreadful situation. I hereby give America permission to make fun of me. Have at it. It'll make you feel better. Say igloo. There ya go.

Or my comment was merely a joke, and you are proving that the comment about Canadians being to thin-skinned has some basis in truth.

Me calling you on your bullshit is less of a Canadian thing, and more of a Sinuhue thing:p

Wait, wait, wait. American's aren't allowed to make fun of us anymore? And we can't make fun of Americans?

This is a dreadful situation. I hereby give America permission to make fun of me. Have at it. It'll make you feel better. Say igloo. There ya go.

Um...Igloo? Im not feeling any better :(



Maybe if you had some Maple Syrup to offer however :p

Wait, wait, wait. American's aren't allowed to make fun of us anymore? And we can't make fun of Americans?

This is a dreadful situation. I hereby give America permission to make fun of me. Have at it. It'll make you feel better. Say igloo. There ya go.

Mike! *hugs*

Na, it's just that we don't want the unfunny Merkins to drown out the funny Merkins, being as there are so few of the latter.

Out of curiosity, would you have Rick Mercer's gay babies?

I think the biggest complaint is that you can't possibly make fun of Canadians the way we ourselves can. Your jokes lack knowledge, and wit, and are more along the lines of some moronic bigger child on the playground calling someone a a smarty pants.

Precisely. The only people who can properly make fun of Canadians are Canadians (or at least people who have lived here long enough to have any clue about the country).

edit: oh, and Colbert and Stewart. They're witty enough to make fun of anything.

edit2: Also, it doesn't stop Americans from trying, nor should it... we should just get Rick Mercer to do another tour of demonstrating American ignorance.

Me calling you on your bullshit is less of a Canadian thing, and more of a Sinuhue thing:p

What bullshit? Point out where an American NSGer has made a thread complaining that Canadians don't find American jokes funny.

Yes, and the people making jokes about the US actually know enough about your country to make said jokes intelligent.

Yeah, sorry dear, having seen some of the "jokes" while traveling abroad (and even on NSG), I dont know about that...

Certianly some do. In my experiance however, most just boil down to "lulz u like gunz and r teh fat".

All though, when people actually are witty, its usually a riot.

I firmly believe however that the people who make the best jokes about a country are the people from that country.

As a Canadian, this was the most ignorant thing FOX has ever done. How would Amercians feel if we were the ones to make fun of your dead soliders? Common Americans need to take the heads out of there asses, this is why almost ever country hates them. LONG LIVE CANADA!God bless are fallen soliders!

What's with the fuss? Did you forget to change your tampons and are now ill with the toxic shock?

hahahahaaha, no...okay you know how Hindi speakers sound when they're speaking English? And how that accent makes sense when you hear their language? It's like aboriginal languages. Even those of us who grew up speaking mostly English, we get the 'accent', but when we speak our language, it's just about the way things really sound. So when I was working on my Cree, a friend told me...best way to sound 'right' is to talk with your teeth clenched...and it worked :Phuh...strange.

Yeah, your Bostonian accent, whilst not crazy strong, is drreeeaaaammmmy.

For some reason, my Boston accent seems to come out more when I am in Connecticut, away from other Bostonians...suddenly, R's just don't exist.

Out of curiosity, would you have Rick Mercer's gay babies?

With maple syrup, yes.

Mmmm. Mapley...

What's with this learning of Cree? Are you still trading tampons for beaver?

As a Canadian, this was the most ignorant thing FOX has ever done. How would Amercians feel if we were the ones to make fun of your dead soliders? Common Americans need to take the heads out of there asses, this is why almost ever country hates them. LONG LIVE CANADA!God bless are fallen soliders!

Oh, agreed, it was repulsive. But its par for the course for FOX.

What bullshit? Point out where an American NSGer has made a thread complaining that Canadians don't find American jokes funny.

*le sigh*

Tsk.

Yeah, sorry dear, having seen some of the "jokes" while traveling abroad (and even on NSG), I dont know about that... Did you just call me 'dear'?

*sharpens finger nails*

Let's just agree that shitty humour is shitty.

Certianly some do. In my experiance however, most just boil down to "lulz u like gunz and r teh fat".

All though, when people actually are witty, its usually a riot.

I firmly believe however that the people who make the best jokes about a country are the people from that country. A-men!

As a Canadian, this was the most ignorant thing FOX has ever done. How would Amercians feel if we were the ones to make fun of your dead soliders? Common Americans need to take the heads out of there asses, this is why almost ever country hates them. LONG LIVE CANADA!God bless are fallen soliders!

*facepalm*

*le sigh*

Tsk.

Just admit you can't (with the exception of the one made by Sklavia as a joke.)

What's with the fuss? Did you forget to change your tampons and are now ill with the toxic shock?
What's with this learning of Cree? Are you still trading tampons for beaver?
Don't make me dangle my tampon string on your forhead.
With maple syrup, yes.

Mmmm. Mapley... Birthed in an igloo with the help of a mountie and his pet beaver!


Oh, agreed, it was repulsive. But its par for the course for FOX.

S'true. It's not like FOX has a hell of a lot of credibility anywhere, even its home country.

Just admit you can't (with the exception of the one made by Sklavia as a joke.)

Oh, I thought you were pretending to be clueless.

Keep up (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14641846&postcount=34).

It's the yanks getting all sensitive because we think their jokes suck. Cry about it some more, Rambo...cry yourself to sleep on your GI Joe pillow case.

You're stalking the wrong person again. I'm the one with the Power Rangers pillow case thank you very much.

Oh, I thought you were pretending to be clueless.

Keep up (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14641846&postcount=34).

I'll take that as an admission since the best you can come up with is a post of your own which by definition is not
1. a thread about how Americans complaining about Canadians not finding their jokes funny.
2. a thread.
3. by an American.

A-men!

You gotta figure, unless youve spent a lot of time in said country, youre going to be relying on stereotypes. And the "'merikans like gunz and r teh fat" is about as funny as "lulz Canadians like maple syrup and hockey".

All though, I have yet to figure out why loving maple syrup is a bad thing, its delicious.

South Park makes good Canada jokes ("This is Canada! We've only got one road!") and the joke about Toronto ("It's New York with out stuff") is good because we all hate Toronto. But the tired old lumberjack, hockey player living in an igloo jokes suck.

South Park makes good Canada jokes ("This is Canada! We've only got one road!") and the joke about Toronto ("It's New York with out stuff") is good because we all hate Toronto. But the tired old lumberjack, hockey player living in an igloo jokes suck.

Everything South Park does is gold.

America is just not that good at invading places

I think Americans are great at invading places... we took Iraq in about 3 weeks we just cant seem to declare that we've won and go home. I mean we removed Saddam, "stopped" production of Iraqi WMDs, what more do we want? We wouldn't be the first country to just pick up and leave and let the country sort its self out. ie England with India and Pakistan.

Now I have no one left to make fun of...:(
There's always the Italians...

Since when did FOX news represent the whole of the United States? That's like saying the Peoples Daily (a government run newspaper from China) represents all of China.

Damn it! I hate it when my flappy head aligns improperly!

The fact there is no teeth is a plus depending on how one looks at it.

There's always the French...

Fixed.:D

Ambrose Bierce on Man: "An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada."

America is just not that good at invading places

I think Americans are great at invading places... we took Iraq in about 3 weeks we just cant seem to declare that we've won and go home. I mean we removed Saddam, "stopped" production of Iraqi WMDs, what more do we want? We wouldn't be the first country to just pick up and leave and let the country sort its self out. ie England with India and Pakistan.

I did *not* say that. You're quoting someone else.

[From the article in the OP]"Not that we should waste time insulting Greg Gutfeld. The man runs a show on Fox at 3 a.m. - is there any worse insult you can make about a person?"

Yeah, there are tons of worse things you could say about a person. "Hah hah, you have a job!" Ouch. Yeah, I don't think he's ever going to recover from that one. Apparently Doug Benson isn't the only person confused about what constitutes an insult.

It's almost like someone's trying to engineer a real life Canadian Bacon.

Competition from Canadian comics, who would all have to be way funnier than Greg Gutfeld (who isn't?), might explain some of his hostility. Our exhausted army, he said, makes now "the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country." That is pure fantasy. The Americans can't handle Vietnam or Iraq but he thinks they can handle us? America is just not that good at invading places, and Gutfeld can't deal with it.

Totally true here... if we tried to invade Canada there would be Saint Benards and Mounties occupying half the US in a matter of days, and I personally would be waiting patiently with my hockey jersey and social security card so I could assimilate into the medicare system as swiftly as possible. I for one would welcome our new Canadian overlords!

Oops I just made fun of Canada and the US.

I hear that the thing about stereotypes is that they're not actually true for an entire population.

The United States is an exception.

As a Canadian, this was the most ignorant thing FOX has ever done. How would Amercians feel if we were the ones to make fun of your dead soliders? Common Americans need to take the heads out of there asses, this is why almost ever country hates them. LONG LIVE CANADA!God bless are fallen soliders!

Dude... our... O U R.

Upon re-reading of the article I have made two major conclusions thatI think we should all consider.

1. Its mostly about Canadians not wanting to hear the opinion of some idiot on FOX. We can't blame them for that since anyone with a brain that functions at at least 1/3 the human average doesn't want to hear the opinion of anybody on FOX.

2. This is the opinion of one person, who seems to have a stick up his ass and really thin skin.

The United States is an exception.

Really now? It seems most of the population didn't get the memo. We've got a shitty mailing list, I guess.

Really now? It seems most of the population didn't get the memo. We've got a shitty mailing list, I guess.

Thats because all the mail carriers were either too drunk or busy going on random shooting sprees to pass it around.

Thats because all the mail carriers were either too drunk or busy going on random shooting sprees to pass it around.

I thought you told me youd never mention that to anyone!! :mad:

I thought you told me youd never mention that to anyone!! :mad:

I didn't specifically mention you! Thats all on your chest my friend... I still love you though :fluffle:

I didn't specifically mention you! Thats all on your chest my friend... I still love you though :fluffle:

Right...right..Yeah...I didnt-uh-forget this ever happend...


lol, :fluffle:

Thats because all the mail carriers were either too drunk or busy going on random shooting sprees to pass it around.

We're too stupid and incompetent for us to remember to be stupid and incompetent?

My mind. You has broken it.

We're too stupid and incompetent for us to remember to be stupid and incompetent?

My mind. You has broken it.

Welcome brother! Welcome to the Fraternity!

Its ok; those in government have taken it upon themselves to make sure everything they do is incompetent.

I think the biggest complaint is that you can't possibly make fun of Canadians the way we ourselves can. Your jokes lack knowledge, and wit, and are more along the lines of some moronic bigger child on the playground calling someone a a smarty pants.

"There, he was actually getting somewhere, and it was almost funny. In the end though, the comment was more revealing of his own sad little excuse for a personality: He thought describing us as peace-loving was an insult. "

Exactly.
I wasn't aware that there was anything particularly funny about Canada... other than sending us actors and singers they really would rather not have (Shatner and Dion, for example).

But hey, we'll keep 'em -- we got rid of Madonna. Thanks, UK!

I wasn't aware that there was anything particularly funny about Canada... other than sending us actors and singers they really would rather not have (Shatner and Dion, for example).

But hey, we'll keep 'em -- we got rid of Madonna. Thanks, UK!

Yeah but they sent us Elton John...

Yeah but they sent us Elton John...
..who at least has talent. ;)

What say you NSG? Should we stop insulting the Canadians?

We? I don't make fun of the Canadians, I'm too busy insulting the USians, the Italians and the French (just for my favourite targets).

..who at least has talent. ;)

I prefer the word had to describe him.

I wasn't aware that there was anything particularly funny about Canada... other than sending us actors and singers they really would rather not have (Shatner and Dion, for example).

But hey, we'll keep 'em -- we got rid of Madonna. Thanks, UK!

I like Shatner. He got better when he stopped taking himself so seriously.

Yeah but they sent us Elton John...

..who at least has talent. ;)

I like Shatner. He got better when he stopped taking himself so seriously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE&feature=PlayList&p=9AEF9270F018A24C&index=0&playnext=1

And together the awesomeness is palpable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE&feature=PlayList&p=9AEF9270F018A24C&index=0&playnext=1

And together the awesomeness is palpable!
thanks. Now I need to Brillo my brain.

But at least it's not as frightening as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh12Q7cpeE

Offhand mockery is how civilized countries avoid open war. The bloated US military budget should be shaved down to fund better cultural humour and finally ratify the Carlos Mencia Ban Act.

Hockey. *nod*

Offhand mockery is how civilized countries avoid open war. The bloated US military budget should be shaved down to fund better cultural humour and finally ratify the Carlos Mencia Ban Act.

Unfortunately we cannot ratify that act. Mencia is being used by the government to inoculate the populace against the biological weapons of mass destruction known as "bad humor".

We? I don't make fun of the Canadians, I'm too busy insulting the USians, the Italians and the French (just for my favourite targets).

Questo mi ha fatto ridere, ma ti sei dimenticato di citare gli inglesi ei tedeschi.:D

The jokes mostly involve maple syrup, the cold and/or the pronunciation of the word "about," which 97% of us don't actually mispronounce.

Now that is just blatantly not true. I and my friends have never mocked our Canadian companion on the topic of mispronunciation.

Mostly we stick with beavers, hockey, and moose. Mostly moose. Good Canadians use them in place of cars, you know.

If you ask me, the bad US jokes must be from the lack of good beer. If they had good canadian beer, they would either a) write better material or B) laugh anyways because they're drunk.

Canadians should stop whining and take it on the chin, Americans should stop using Canada as a punchbag for their mainly unfunny jokes. And both should be re-incorporated into the Empire.

er... we never left. God saves the queen and all that.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1435515



Now I have no one left to make fun of...:(

What say you NSG? Should we stop insulting the Canadians?

So, no more fun for you? Here's my response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_XFp4utOig

Jeez, it's not that we can't take a joke, or that there's nothing to make fun of...far freaking from it! I think Canadians sort of specialise in, and revel in, self-deprecating humour. Rick Mercer is a fucking master of this. It's also quite biting. Did I mention I want to have all of Rick Mercer's gay babies?

But when the jokes being made are tired, old stock jokes without any depth to them...I mean come on now, all jokes wear very thin after a while. Humour is an excellent way to make sweet, sweet love to political commentary, and bring out the absurdities of every day life. A USian doesn't have to freaking live here for 40 years to get a sense of the things that merit such a union...but they do have to know SOMETHING beyond 'uhhh maple syrup, uhhh igloos, uhhhh mounties har har'.

Keep in mind that there's a lot of tired, old stock jokes made about the US, too. Not everyone here is a fat toothless redneck gun toting racist, living in a mobile home with 4 rusting cars up on blocks. You Canukistanis need to get a thicker skin.

So, no more fun for you? Here's my response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_XFp4utOig

Fabulous.

I know nothing about Canada, but if the Americans like making fun of them, they must have something good going.

In New York they complain that Canadians speak too fast. Canada is awesome but seeing things from this side you really never hear anything on the news, you would never know it was up there.

This hour has 22 minutes I saw and the guy was telling people in the USA that Canada just got daily newspapers and they were totally going with it. He also called the Prime Minister Tim Horton.

Very funny show.

Besides people from New York City, Boston, Chicago telling Canadians they have an accent.

Not enough, how about Fargo? You Betcha

Anyone from South of the Mason - Dixon line

And you guys are telling me Canadian talk funny?

Please

Besides people from New York City, Boston, Chicago telling Canadians they have an accent.

Not enough, how about Fargo? You Betcha

Anyone from South of the Mason - Dixon line

And you guys are telling me Canadian talk funny?

Please

When Americans talk, it's serious business.

Want to hear funny accent? Go to Newfoundland. Now that is a funny accent. i think it was because they were cut off from the main land.

They have their own time zone 1/2 hour ahead??????

Stay where you are to

and

I will come where you are at


They also have the weirdest names for cities.